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http://www.lsoft.com/images/listserv_small.gifNew Open Access Book: Selected Contemporary Challenges of Ageing Policy https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;98ff8447.1802
Dear Colleagues,<br><br>*** Sorry for cross-posting. Please distribute widely ***<br><br>I would like to distribute information about a new book that may be<br>interesting for you.<br><br>Tomczyk, Łukasz, and Andrzej Klimczuk, eds. 2017. Selected Contemporary<br>Challenges of Ageing Policy. Kraków: Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Krakowie.<br><br>*ABSTRACT:*<br>This volume-&quot;Selected Contemporary Challenges of Ageing Policy&quot;-is the most<br>international of all published monographs from the series<br>&quot;Czech-Polish-Slovak Studies in Andragogy and Social Gerontology.&quot; Among<br>the scholars trying to grasp the nuances and trends of social policy, there<br>are diverse perspectives, resulting not only from the extensive knowledge<br>of the authors on the systematic approach [...]
2018-02-17T20:10:22+01:00Andrzej Klimczukhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;98ff8447.1802The 2017 Edition - Compendium: Generations, Intergenerational Relations and Generational Policy https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;8d89bba5.1802
Dear Colleagues,<br><br>*** Sorry for cross-posting. Please distribute widely ***<br><br>The members of the International Network for the Analysis of<br>Intergenerational Relations (Generationes) proudly present the most recent<br>issue of the jointly produced compendium &quot;Generations, Intergenerational<br>Relations and Generational Policy&quot;.<br><br>This new version includes 17 languages: English, French, German, Italian,<br>Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Hungarian, Turkish, Romanian,<br>Lithuanian, Slovenian (new), Bosnian (new), Ukrainian (new), Russian (new)<br>and Chinese (new). [...]
2018-02-17T20:10:13+01:00Andrzej Klimczukhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;8d89bba5.1802Work, Employment and Society 2018 Conference - Submission Deadline Extended until 19 February 2018 https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;b313d524.1802
** Apologies for cross-posting **<br>DEADLINE EXTENDED<br>Call for Papers<br><br>Work, Employment<br>&amp; Society Conference 2018<br><br>Putting Sociology to Work: Interdisciplinarity, intersectionality and imagination<br><br>Wednesday 12 - Friday 14 September 2018, Belfast<br><br>(Pre-conference Doctoral Workshop - 11 September 2018)<br>Since the classic sociological theorists, analysis of modern work has been a lynchpin of sociology. The 2018 Work, Employment and Society Conference seeks to revisit the origins of the discipline and advance current sociological understandings of work. WES 2018 will provide an imaginative space for sociology and cognate disciplines to consider what work is and to develop our interdisciplinary understanding of [...]
2018-02-16T15:04:49+00:00Donna Willishttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;b313d524.1802People with Disabilities: The Overlooked Consumers (abstracts by 28 February 2018) https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;675adee2.1802
*People with Disabilities: The Overlooked Consumers**<br>*Edited by Anita Borch and Kirsi Laitala (Consumption Research Norway -<br>SIFO)<br><br>/Deadline for Abstracts: //28 February 2018 | Submission of Full Papers:<br>15 to 30 June 2018/<br><br>Social Inclusion, peer-reviewed journal indexed in the Web of<br>Science-ESCI and Scopus (CiteScore 0.49), welcomes abstracts for a<br>thematic issue edited by Anita Borch and Kirsi Laitala on disabled<br>consumers. Authors interested in contributing an article are asked to<br>read the full call for papers at<br>www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/pages/view/nextissues#disabledconsumers<br>&lt;https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/pages/view/nextissues#disabledconsumers&gt;<br>Best regards,<br>António [...]
2018-02-13T10:19:51+00:00Social Inclusionhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;675adee2.1802Book Launch: “Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter”https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;cd8dacf5.1802
Book Launch: “Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of<br>Trump and Twitter” by Christian Fuchs<br><br>Thursday 1 March 2018<br><br>19:00 – 21:00<br><br>117 Boardroom<br><br>309 Regent Street<br><br>University of Westminster<br><br>London W1B 2HW<br><br>Register:<br><br>https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-demagogue-authoritarian-capitalism-in-the-age-of-trump-and-twitter-tickets-41214808602?aff=erelexpmlt<br><br>WIAS, CAMRI and Pluto Press are pleased to invite you to the book launch of<br>“Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and<br>Twitter” by Professor Christian Fuchs. [...]
2018-02-12T13:36:10+00:00Westminster Institute for Advanced Studieshttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;cd8dacf5.1802[7th STS Italia Conference deadline] CfA Environmental data from below -Postponed deadline submission 15 February- https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;8c408930.1802
***apologies for unintended crossposing***<br><br>7th STS Italia Conference<br><br>JUNE 14-16, 2018 – University of Padova<br>TECHNOSCIENCE FROM BELOW<br><br>CALL FOR ABSTRACTS &lt;https://www.frombelow-stsitaliaconf.org/call-for-abstracts&gt;<br>TRACK 5<br>Environmental data from below:<br>Enactment and participation challenging environmental governance<br>Convenor: Paolo, Giardullo, University of Padova, paolo.giardullo@unipd.it &lt;mailto:paolo.giardullo@unipd.it&gt;<br><br>The present track is about the generation, analysis and use of environmental data as a form of science participation enacted from below. Governance of the environment is inextricably linked to data. Interventions, policies and future scenarios for sustainability are all based on data generated and analysed within specific institutional settings, such as supranational agencies, environmental protection agencies and [...]
2018-02-09T14:02:44+01:00Paolo Giardullo @Unipdhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;8c408930.1802CFP Deadline February 10 - Bridging Gaps: Where is Ethical Glamour in Celebrity Culture? https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;7b7a7ee.1802
The CFP deadline for the 7th CMCS international conference series is<br>*Saturday,<br>February 10.* Please note that we offer the option of video submissions.<br>Read the guidelines here: *http://cmc-centre.com/conferences/lisbon2018<br>&lt;http://cmc-centre.com/conferences/lisbon2018&gt;/. *<br>Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) 7th International Conference<br>*Bridging Gaps**: Where is Ethical Glamour in Celebrity Culture?**Lisbon*<br>*, **Portugal*<br><br>*July 1 – 3, 2018*<br><br>*Keynotes by*: [...]
2018-02-09T06:51:43-05:00Dr Samita Nandyhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;7b7a7ee.1802Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD positions: Political Concepts in the World (POLITICO) Fully funded with salaryhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;f2c9dc5.1802
This is a great opportunity for someone working in the area of social movements, political theory, democracy, cooperatives etc. and hoping to do a PhD in the area with a very good salary and research support. There are six openings this year and there will be six next year. You get to do a fieldwork/stay in the second year, all fully funded. You are eligible if EU citizen and not lived in UK more than 12 months in past 3 years. This is a requirement.<br>Please share this fantastic Marie Curie fully funded PHD opportunity in Politics (social movements, political [...]
2018-02-08T21:04:52+00:00cristina flesherhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;f2c9dc5.1802FW: Call for Nominations SSN Annual book prize 2018 https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;73b2aa02.1802
Dear Colleagues,<br><br>Please forward to anyone who might be interested.<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>Michalis
2018-02-08T11:32:37+01:00Michalis Lianoshttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;73b2aa02.1802Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilisation cfp https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;8db1c7a6.1802
Dear colleagues,<br><br>(Apologies for cross-posting).<br><br>Please find herein a notice &amp; call for papers for Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilisation conference 2018.<br><br>Website: http://socialpath.simplesite.com/424349977<br><br>[https://cdn.simplesite.com/i/53/39/284008259296508243/i284008264529393020._szw1280h1280_.jpg]&lt;http://socialpath.simplesite.com/424349977&gt;<br><br>Call for papers&lt;http://socialpath.simplesite.com/424349977&gt;<br>socialpath.simplesite.com<br>Next conference November 2nd &amp; 3rd 2018 in Cork Keynote Speakers Alan Blum (York, Toronto) Sabine Flick (IfS, Frankfurt) Bengt Lindstom (NTNJ, Trondheim) Ivan Perry Arpad Szakolczai (UCC) and others.... [...]
2018-02-06T13:55:18+00:00Keohane, Kieranhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;8db1c7a6.1802UK Data Service webinar recordings https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;5e8869b8.1802
To help you get the most from the UK Data Service we run a series of core webinars&lt;https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/media/605054/core-webinars-2018.pdf&gt; which introduce different aspects of the Service and explain our key datasets. The next series of webinars start on 24 April 2018 but you can access our recordings at any time on our YouTube channel&lt;https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG87Imnep1Sln3F69_kBROUrIbT5iderf&gt;. [...]
2018-02-06T09:05:22+00:00Gillian Meadowshttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;5e8869b8.1802Most read journal articles of 2017 from Policy Press - free to access in February https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;50266b5a.1802
Explore the most read Policy Press journal articles published in 2017 for free this February.<br>Read the full collection at: http://policypress.co.uk/journals/free, or browse our top articles below:<br><br>Critical and Radical Social Work<br>The political identity of social workers in neoliberal times&lt;http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/crsw/2017/00000005/00000001/art00005&gt;<br>Author: Gwilym, Hefin<br><br>Evidence &amp; Policy<br>Why, whose, what and how? A framework for knowledge mobilisers&lt;http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/ep/2017/00000013/00000003/art00006&gt;<br>Author: Ward, Vicky [...]
2018-02-05T17:43:44+00:00Edwina Thornhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;50266b5a.1802Fwd: OUT NOW: Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism - tripleC Special Issue https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;cc031f30.1802
Full message available at: <a href="https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;cc031f30.1802">Fwd: OUT NOW: Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism - tripleC Special Issue </a>2018-02-05T16:40:04+00:00Christian Fuchshttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;cc031f30.1802cfp_The Future of Sustainability https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;d68b04df.1802
****with apologies for cross-posting****<br><br>*Martina Topic, Leeds Business School, Leeds Beckett University*<br><br>*Ben Mitchell, The Retail Institute, Leeds Beckett University*<br><br>*THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABILITY: POLICY AND INDUSTRY RESPONSES AND PUBLIC<br>DISCOURSES *<br><br>*CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS *<br><br>Consumer recycling behaviour and the tendency for this complex issue to be<br>simplified in some media channels, presents a communication challenge for<br>businesses who all believe that they have a positive message to convey.<br>Criticisms of plastic packaging by the public and media have arguably led<br>to an unbalanced debate on which are the most effective packaging solutions<br>for the environment as a [...]
2018-02-03T22:07:59+00:00Martina Topichttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;d68b04df.1802cfp_Media and Nationalism https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;ddb83de5.1802
*** with apologies for cross-posting ***<br><br>Martina Topić, Leeds Business School, Leeds Beckett University<br><br>Niamh Kirk, Dublin City University, Ireland<br><br>*Media and Nationalism in the Network Society*<br><br>According to the network society theory eloquently elaborated by Van Dijk<br>and Castells, in an age of hyper-connectivity and blurred cultural<br>boundaries, those who are not part of the network society are becoming<br>unemployable and thus turn to national as opposed to global and cast<br>so-called protest votes. Thus, the past decade has witnessed an upsurge of<br>nationalism in the West, with the rise of the Far Right movement. This<br>eventually resulted with [...]
2018-02-03T22:07:09+00:00Martina Topichttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;ddb83de5.1802Postdoctoral fellow at the Division Ageing and Social Change (ASC), Linköping University, Swedenhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;54ba9bab.1802
With apologies for cross posting:<br><br>The Division Ageing and Social Change (ASC), Department of Social and<br>Welfare Studies (ISV) at Linköping University, Sweden, is seeking to recruit<br>to the following position:<br><br>Postdoctoral fellow<br><br>The Postdoc in Ageing and Later Life at ASC will perform research on ageing,<br>life course and social change and will be mainly involved in the project<br>Ageing in a Changing Society, which focusses on life-course oriented<br>ageing research based on extensive Swedish register data. The holder of the<br>advertised position will primarily work with research, will contribute to<br>the methodological support of further ongoing research at [...]
2018-02-02T18:11:20+01:00Andreas Motel-Klingebielhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;54ba9bab.1802Just one more week - Call for abstracts: 7th STS Italia Conference, June 14-16, 2018 https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;cd5db157.1802
(Apologies for crossposting)<br><br>A gentle reminder that there is only one week remaining to submit an abstract to one of the 26 tracks composing the next STS Italia conference (call expiring February 10th).<br><br>CALL FOR ABSTRACTS<br><br>The 7th STS Italia Conference will be hosted at the University of Padova, Italy, June 14 through 16, 2018, by the Italian Society of Science and Technology Studies, in collaboration with the FISPPA Department and the University of Padova. [...]
2018-02-02T16:32:54+01:00Paolo Giardullo @Unipdhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;cd5db157.180215 PhD student positions in the H2020 MSCA ITN EuroAgeism - EXTENDED APPLICATION DEADLINE https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;89df8f58.1802
With apologies for cross posting:<br><br>The ITN EuroAgeism (see &lt;http://www.euroageism.eu&gt;<br>http://www.euroageism.eu) is seeking to recruit to the following positions:<br><br>15 PhD students<br><br>within the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie funded network. Successful<br>candidates will have a background in psychology, sociology, social policy,<br>political sciences, social work, economy, clinical pharmacy, engineering and<br>others as well as strong methodological and theoretical skills. PhD student<br>will work in research projects within a 3-year fully funded PhD program.<br>They will benefit from leadership by expert research supervisors as well<br>from secondments in academia, policy and health organizations, training and<br>transferable-skills courses and active participation in [...]
2018-02-02T13:55:33+01:00Andreas Motel-Klingebielhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;89df8f58.1802Critical Digital and Social Media Studies - Call for Book Proposals, deadline approaching https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;260f9a7c.1802
REMINDER - 2018 CALL FOR BOOK PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS: CRITICAL DIGITAL<br>AND SOCIAL MEDIA STUDIES<br><br>Submission Deadline: Monday 12 February 2017 23:00 BST by e-mail to<br>Andrew Lockett (University of Westminster Press Manager) at<br>A.Lockett@westminster.ac.uk<br>For fullest series details and proposal guidelines see<br>https://uwestminsterpress.blog<br><br>Critical Digital and Social Media Studies is an established book series<br>edited by Christian Fuchs on behalf of the Westminster Institute for<br>Advanced Studies and published by the University of Westminster Press<br>(UWP). We invite submissions of book proposals that fall into the scope<br>of the series. [...]
2018-02-02T12:18:33+00:00Christian Fuchshttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;260f9a7c.1802Summer School RRI and Anticipation https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;db1831a1.1802
Dear colleagues,<br><br>We would like to invite PhD-students to contribute to the Interdisciplinary<br>International Graduate Summer School &quot;RRI and Future-Making: Responsibility<br>through Anticipation³ to be held at Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, September<br>10-14, 2018.<br><br>The summer school is organized by Andoni Ibarra, Hannot Rodriguez (both<br>University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU), Bettina-Johanna Krings (ITAS/KIT,<br>Karlsruhe, Germany) and Stefan Böschen (HumTec, RWTH Aachen, Germany). [...]
2018-02-01T18:35:22+00:00Böschen, Stefan (ITAS)https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;db1831a1.1802Call for Special Issue Proposals - Families, Relationships and Societies https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;fdd9f892.1802
*Apologies for cross-posting*<br><br>Call for Special Issue Proposals<br>Families, Relationships and Societies - March 2020 &amp; March 2021 issues<br>http://policypress.co.uk/journals/families-relationships-and-societies#call-for-special-issue-proposals<br><br>Deadlines for proposals: March 1st 2018 (2020 issue) and September 1st 2018 (2021 issue)<br><br>Potential special issue editors are requested to send a short proposal (no more than 1000 words) describing the scope of the proposed theme; the papers that it would contain; and the timetable. It should be clear how the special issue to this particular theme fits with the aims and scope of <http://policypress.co.uk/journals/families-relationships-and-societies#about-the-journal> Families, Relationships and Societies<http://policypress.co.uk/journals/families-relationships-and-societies#about-the-journal>. We are looking for an overall analytical and theoretical coherence [...]
2018-02-01T16:56:35+00:00Edwina Thornhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;fdd9f892.1802ILERA HRM Study Group - Seoul 2018 - Call for Papers https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;33c0b56c.1802
** APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING **<br><br>Dear members and friends of the ILERA HRM Study Group,<br><br>We are pleased to announce the next meeting of the ILERA HRM Study Group at the 18th World Congress of the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) in Seoul, Korea, 23 July - 27 July 2018. [...]
2018-02-01T09:15:28+00:00SMITH Markhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk:443/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST;33c0b56c.1802